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Philadelphia remembers 10 years later

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Tomorrow marks the 10 year anniversary of the 9/11 tragedy, and events throughout the city and country are honoring the memory of those who died on that day. President Obama is slated to attend memorial events in New York City and near Shanksville, Pa. He will also be at the dedication and opening of the National September 11th Memorial and Museum site in New York City on Sunday.

In the city, a slew of events will commemorate the day for Philadelphians. Mayor Nutter will attend events throughout the day, concluding with the city’s Remembrance Ceremony at 5:30 p.m. at Independence Hall. A complete list of events organized by the city can be found here.

Here are some other events going on throughout the city:

Team Red White and Blue Moving Tribute

8:30 a.m. / everywhere

Though there’s no specified location, Team Red, White and Blue is asking Philadelphia residents to stop for a moment of remembrance and then keep moving on 9/11. By walking, running, biking or hiking on 9/11, Team RWB hopes to create a unified commemoration of the day across the country and world. This includes a number of soldiers deployed in Afghanistan, who the team has asked to participate in the tribute. They are also asking that groups meet and hold a moment of silence at 8:46 a.m. — when the first of the Trade Center towers was attacked.

National Day of Remembrance Civic Engagement Expo

2-5 p.m. / Independence Mall

Nonprofits and volunteer groups from throughout the area will be showcasing their organizations, and recruiting volunteers. The event will correlate with several other commemorative events going on in the immediate area. The gathering will honor the memory of volunteers who saved lives during the 9/11 tragedy by promoting their own volunteer services.

Penn Museum Presents

all afternoon/ Penn Museum

More tangible memories of the 9/11 tragedy will be on display for Penn Museum’s special exhibit, “Excavating Ground Zero: Fragments from 9/11.” The display includes 15 objects that were found by archaeologists at Ground Zero in New York.  The program will be on display through Nov. 6.

Find out how Temple students and staff are paying tribute to 9/11 victims, and how they’ve learned from the day in the decade since. Watch for continuing coverage of Sept. 11th events at temple-news.com, and in next week’s print issue.

Dr. Dog, Toy Soldiers and others play free Penn’s Landing Show

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Need some last-minute Saturday night plans? Head down to the Great Plaza at Penn’s Landing for the day 2 of the WHYY Connections Festival. The day of concerts starts at 3:00 p.m., doors at 2:00 p.m.

At 3:15 p.m. the blues-y indie rock band Toy Soldiers — who initially got together at Temple in 2008 — will start off the line-up. Before you get to the show check out TTN’s 2008 interview with the band.

Six other artists will round out the night, including recent Philly Folk Fest performer Justin Townes Earle, the hip-hop project Kuf Knotz, the Baseball Project and Birdie Busch. There will be lots of crafts and games for kids, and other events not on the schedule like live painting, a drum performance by the Kyo Daiko drum team and a few other smaller events.

If you’re a little late getting there you’ll be fine, but make sure to be there by 7:30 to hear Philly’s own favorite indie rock band Dr. Dog headline the festival. Following Saturday night’s show will be an after party sponsored by Yards Brewing Company.

And if you’re not convinced you’ll be there yet, the whole day is free. Check out the stage schedule here.

 

Hurricane disrupts transportation, but not concert

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In response to Hurricane Irene, the university released an advisory yesterday warning students to prepare for potential power outages and flooding in low-lying parts of the city. According to the advisory, Temple administrators have been preparing for the storm.  Temple has rescheduled move-ins originally set for Sunday to today and Monday.   According to Temple’s website, it’s still planning to hold the concert tonight, but has changed the start time to 8 p.m. and promises students will be out by 10 p.m.

SEPTA is planning to shut down tonight for the first time in history from 12:01 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. Sunday. Temple’s TuDoor and OwlLoop will not operate tonight.

According to the city’s emergency website, Philadelphia can expect:

  • Rainfall amounts between six and nine inches.
  • Sustained winds 50 – 60 mph with gusts reaching 70 mph.
  • Rain could start as early as Saturday afternoon ahead of the hurricane.
  • Heavy rains could affect Philadelphia through Sunday.
  • Heavy winds could affect the city Saturday night into Sunday. High winds may continue after the storm passes. The highest winds will be felt Sunday around daybreak.
  • Flooding of creeks and streams will likely begin on Saturday night.
  • Significant localized flooding on roadways, flooding of streams, and flooding along the Schuylkill River.

The city recommends keeping extra water, nonperishable food like granola bars, a flashlight, battery-operated radio and a first aid kit handy.

 

 

Boarding on a snow day

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Feel like snowboarding in the city? Red Bull’s MXT is at the Philadelphia Art Museum riding hand rails right now, but as part of its Blizzard Assault is coming to Main Campus between 4 p.m. and 5 p.m.

Recognizing World AIDS Day

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December 1 is the official World AIDS Day, a day dedicated to raising awareness about AIDS and HIV.

According to aidswalkphilly.org, the Philadelphia Department of Health estimates 30,000 people in the Greater Philadelphia region are living with HIV.

The site also estimates that 25 to 30 percent of people in the U.S. infected with HIV do not know it.

The William Way Center at 1315 Spruce St. will be holding an open mic night for people ages 13-24, tonight from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Many local centers promote free, confidential HIV testing. Temple’s Student Health Services offers free rapid HIV testing the first Wednesday of every month from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. on a walk-in basis.

How are you recognizing World AIDS Day?

For the well-read Phillies fan

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courtesy of The Philly Fan Project

A partnership between the Philadelphia Daily News, Philly.com and the Sports Industry Research Center at Temple brings us this latest sports coverage gem – The Philly Fan Project.

The People Paper formed the partnership because it wanted to hear from fans and share the survey results with readers. The project collected its first survey responses from 1,576 Philly.com sports news subscribers and published the findings in April.

Check out the Project’s website for the archive and the most recent survey results.

Relic hipster icon bashes Fourteenth Street mag on blog

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Ironic though, isn’t it?

After reporter Josh Fernandez gave Philebrity.com editor and co-founder Joey Sweeney ample opportunity to put in his expert hipster two cents for his Fourteenth Street magazine (inserted in this week’s issue of TTN) cover article on hipsters adopting queer style, the blog, true to its form, published a barely-there, almost-funny-but-not-quite post attempting to ridicule the mag.

In its post, Philebrity boasts Sweeney’s response to Fernandez’s request for comment, saying, “Instead, he forwarded the email to all of his friends with the subject header “PLEASE KILL ME.” A decision, for the record, he still stands by.”

Funny, because Sweeney’s actual response to the request went something like this: “Hi Josh- I’m gonna pass on this one. Good luck!”

Read: I would respond to you, but I’m too busy hanging out and posting comments here.

Fourteenth Street thanks you for the free publicity, Philebrity. How are ad sales these days?

As a kind sidenote, your “hip” use of Yiddish words is facacta in itself. If you’re going to muddle other tongues, at least have the decency to learn to spell the words correctly. Or are you too cool for that?

This weekend: Temple hosts Black Writers Festival

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Hanging out on campus this weekend? Check out the Black Writers Festival — it’s free, open to everyone and happening right here.

As the Inquirer reported today, the Black Writers Festival marks its 25th year this weekend, and Temple University is hosting the majority of its events, including a basketball tournament, literary discussions and an outdoor festival.

Check out Art Sanctuary’s Web site for a complete list of events, discussions and symposiums.

Wanamaker School at 11th & Cecil to become Temple housing?

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Boy, don’t the kids moving into Temple Towers and gaining roommates next semester hope so?

According to a recent post on Philly.com’s “PHILLYDEAL$” blog, the Philadelphia City Planning Commission met recently to discuss, among other things, the possible building of Temple housing in the old Wanamaker High School building at 11th Street and Cecil B. Moore Avenue by a company called Brighter Hope LLC. It’s just across the street from the famous “$5 lot,” on Cecil B. Moore, and if it happens, the building could house a reported 2,000 students.

According to Temple’s Office of News Communications, the housing will not be built by Temple, but will be marketed specifically to students by the developer.